Laurence Coates, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden), Author at Socialist World Media

Hong Kong: Rigged election draws angry protests.

March 28, 2007 Laurence Coates, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden)

“I tried to rip up my ballot paper” –Leung Kwok-hung known as ‘Long Hair’, an independent socialist legislator in the Hong Kong Assembly

China: New property law – only for the rich

March 27, 2007 Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info

At this year’s recently concluded National People’s Congress (NPC) meeting, the Chinese government promised to increase efforts to cut pollution, spend more on poor rural areas, the health service and schools.

US: Thousands march against war in Boston

March 27, 2007 Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (CWI)

Area campaign reaches out to working class

Iran: Will Bush bomb Iran?

March 26, 2007 Lynn Walsh, Socialist Party, England and Wales, London

Alarm bells have been ringing, left and right. John Pilger, the radical journalist, wrote an article, Iran: The War Begins (New Statesman, 3 February), warning that a US air attack on Iran was imminent.

Italy: Rifondazione Comunista – its future?

March 26, 2007 Peter Taaffe, General Secretary Socialist Party, London

From its foundation in 1991, Rifondazione Comunista (Prc) has been a point of reference and an expression of hope for the future, not just for the Italian working class but for workers throughout Europe.